What Employers Need to Know in 2023
The beginning of a new year comes with a sense of excitement and new beginnings. However, it can also arrive with a sense of the unknown about what lies ahead. After another COVID-impacted year bringing the Great Resignation, quiet quitting, pay transparency and more, this is especially the case for employers, managers, and human resources […]
VBSR Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) Learning Cohort
Please note: the cost to participate is $2,500 for VBSR Members and $3,000 for Nonmembers. Registering now reserves your spot in the ESG Learning Cohort, which is limited to 20 organizations. Each organization may send up to 5 team members. You will be invoiced separately in January 2023. Are you and your team ready to […]
The 4-Day Workweek: Benefits, Barriers and How to Get Started in 2023
The workplace has evolved rapidly these past few years. Teams have adjusted to remote work, increasing productivity and employee satisfaction. Many are now asking the question, “What’s next? What more can be done to rethink – and improve – the way we work?” There’s never been a greater opportunity to radically reimagine the workplace, challenge […]
2022 VBSR Legislative Breakfast
We’ll reveal VBSR’s 2023 legislative agenda, celebrate the VBSR Legislator of the Year Award, and network with members and policymakers! Are you ready for the start of the 2023 Vermont legislative session? You will be after attending the 2022 VBSR Legislative Breakfast! Join VBSR members, policymakers, advocates, and state officials as we explore and celebrate all […]
Developing Psychological Safety at Work
Increasingly, organizations understand a central key to organizational wellness and business success is increasing Employee Engagement. We also know that people work better when their physical safety is being watched after. Much research and documentation supports these understandings – but how do engagement and safety relate and how do we practice them in our workplaces? […]
Town Hall on Vermont’s Reproductive Liberty Amendment
A person’s right to make their own reproductive decisions, like whether and when to become pregnant, use temporary or permanent birth control, or seek abortion care, is strongly tied to their economic mobility and well-being. This coming election day, Vermonters have a historic opportunity to permanently enshrine reproductive rights in our state’s constitution by voting […]
Celebrating Our Movement: A Fundraiser for VBSR
Celebrate With Us! Solidarity of Unbridled Labor, Sugarsnap Catering, and Adventure Dinner invite YOU to Celebrating Our Movement: A Fundraiser for VBSR! Help us reach our goal: $10K to support greater access, equity, and impact as we grow our movement to revolutionize business in Vermont! It’s been a great 32 years – let’s party! Enjoy […]
Creating an LGBTQ+ Inclusive Workplace
Join VBSR and Mara Iverson for an interactive workshop to help employees and managers at all levels to increase fluency with LGBTQ+ inclusive concepts, terminology, and practices. Participants will learn and practice approaches for making work environments affirming and supportive for people of all genders and sexual identities. Participants will identify specific opportunities for and challenges […]
Workplace Culture: Getting Buy-In from Employees and Empowering Change from the Bottom Up
Join VBSR and Mara Iverson to learn more about what equity is, how inequity is built into our day-to-day living, and what actions you can take within your organization to create a shift. In this workshop we will learn in a way that engages and enthralls so that the change work is sustainable! The primary […]
VBSR Town Hall on the Inflation Reduction Act with Staff of the Vermont Congressional Delegation
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is one of the most significant pieces of legislation in U.S. history to tackle the climate crisis, strengthen American energy security, lower healthcare costs, and, as the name denotes, combat inflation. Join VBSR and staff from the offices of Senator Leahy, Senator Sanders, and Congressman Welch as we explore what […]